Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700 lbs. 12.00 higher, over 700 lbs. from 4.00 lower to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers 6.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Steer calves 15.00 to 20.00 higher with instances 30.00 higher. Heifer calves 8.00 to 15.00 higher. Quality average to attractive with very good demand. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. A total of 156 cows and bulls sold with 57 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $499.18/cwt on 115 head, up $20.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 32 comparable sales and sits +43.75 against this barn's trailing median of $455.43.

Average price

$499.18

▲ 20.06 vs prior sale

115 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,792

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$764

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$173.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.45

vs OK average

+11.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	533.06	2,870	71
Medium and Large 1-2	594	457.86	2,720	38
Medium and Large 2	585	360.00	2,106	6thin

One grade step is worth $173.06/cwt here — about $764 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.51, low $395.05, median $455.43 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale115 hd

499.18

—

OK average6 barns · 745 hd

499.63

−0.45

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

+11.83

This barn, trailing median32 sales

455.43

+43.75

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,537	183.70	2,824	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,481	166.65	2,469	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,173	160.55	1,884	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,025	131.21	1,345	15

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,180	$3,725	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,220	$3,300	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,106	$3,239	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,220	$2,500	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,136	$1,900	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$4,200	1thin

Every lot, as filed

81 lots · USDA AMS · Apache Livestock Auction - Apache, OK

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	418.85/cwt	385.00–440.00	2,400	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	458.48/cwt	435.00–491.00	2,370	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	492.36/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,334	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	551	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	2,772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	487	447.29/cwt	442.50–452.00	2,178	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,179	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	373.29/cwt	360.00–387.50	2,329	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	497	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,212	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	399.94/cwt	382.50–412.50	2,496	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	457.86/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,720	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	365.75/cwt	359.00–369.00	2,846	48
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,106	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	367.30/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,703	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	655.01/cwt	620.00–700.00	2,155	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	532	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	599.32/cwt	570.00–625.00	2,535	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	420.60/cwt	395.00–450.00	2,831	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,003	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	3,084	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	943	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,112	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	558.85/cwt	540.00–585.00	2,727	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	2,030	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	444.42/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,778	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	381.44/cwt	375.00–407.50	2,796	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,560	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	628.16/cwt	605.00–660.00	2,381	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,925	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,783	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	643	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,707	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	3,107	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	509.89/cwt	475.00–532.00	2,840	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	474	542.28/cwt	535.00–547.50	2,570	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	541.63/cwt	524.00–555.00	2,887	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	360.01/cwt	354.25–370.00	2,992	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	344.44/cwt	339.00–351.50	3,010	64
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	686	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,658	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,730	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	555	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,803	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,664	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,574	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,674	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	908	114.66/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,041	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	858	133.27/cwt	132.50–134.00	1,143	2
Bulls	—	—	1,638	165.60/cwt	163.00–168.00	2,713	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,725	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	141.03/cwt	136.00–145.00	1,527	4
Bulls	—	—	1,753	204.45/cwt	196.00–220.00	3,584	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	131.73/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,502	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,519	153.67/cwt	147.00–159.00	2,334	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,434	173.53/cwt	172.00–184.00	2,488	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	165.65/cwt	161.00–170.00	2,500	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	156.27/cwt	153.00–158.00	1,872	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	161.84/cwt	160.00–164.00	1,887	10
Bulls	—	—	1,676	186.61/cwt	185.00–191.00	3,128	7
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,168	155.99/cwt	145.00–177.00	1,822	8
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,243	188.40/cwt	187.00–190.00	2,342	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,180	3,725.00/head	3,725.00–3,725.00	3,725	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	4,200.00/head	4,200.00–4,200.00	4,200	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,215	217.50/cwt	210.00–233.00	2,643	25
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,236	229.03/cwt	213.00–247.50	2,831	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,136	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	535.84/cwt	510.00–550.00	2,074	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	337.94/cwt	332.00–343.00	2,626	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	294	607.16/cwt	600.00–620.00	1,785	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,207	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,912	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,336	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,030	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	355.00/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,489	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	367.78/cwt	360.00–382.50	2,471	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	544.02/cwt	535.00–555.00	2,334	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	569.05/cwt	540.00–590.00	1,804	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	511.86/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,216	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	443	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,414	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	511.07/cwt	507.50–545.00	2,734	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,365	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,700	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,106	3,238.99/head	3,100.00–3,500.00	3,239	10

How this sale compares

Oklahoma weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Oklahoma auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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